First a disclaimer!
+ The plot belongs to me, everything else belongs to Rick
+ All the characters are cannon
+ This takes place after the giant's war (BOO)
+ This story is not to be taken seriously
+ This story includes everyone from Camp Half blood, The Gods and if you stick around you might see some Romans
+ This story deals with alcohol, if any one get offend by this, I apologise in advance.
+ Word count 2,708
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o TRAVIS STOLL o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Yeah, it was definitely worth it, Travis thought to himself as he absent-mindedly swept the remaining pile of dirt into the dustpan. It didn't bother Travis that he got stuck cleaning Dionysus old room or "chamber" as Chiron had called it, but it certainly took its toll on Connor.
"This is crap" he whined from the window "we miss out on breakfast because of this"
It was 7:30 in the morning and all the campers were halfway through their meal, Travis didn't realise he was missing out on breakfast, he was now suddenly hungry.
"But you have to admit, it was worth it, " Travis chimed hoping to get the thought of food out of his head , Connor looked at his brother with a cheeky grin and burst out with laughter
"Katie's face was the best part; I swear I thought she was going to explode!"
The two brothers burst into a laughing fit, they had planned the prank so well, The Demeter cabin didn't see it coming. Travis, being brilliant, thought of it himself, for months they were stealing packets of salt from the dining pavilion. Last night when everyone was sleeping, they snuck out and salted the outside of the Demeter cabin; it was the greatest prank in the history of camp half-blood. The whole cabin, nymphs and satyrs were trying desperately to make the flowers grow, but nothing! Chiron had told them that Demeter herself would have to make a special trip down to camp and investigate the problem. It wasn't long until Chiron found the two out, and forced them to clean out Dionysus old room as punishment but, like Travis said, it was worth it.
"Yeah….maybe that's why Katie won't go out with me"
"No, it's because you're ugly"
"We look the same"
Travis was really getting hungry now; He looked over the room and was stunned to see how clean it was.
Connor leaned against a wall exhausted, "Okay, I think we're done!"
Thank the gods Travis thought
"Wait, Travis, did you sweep the cupboard?"
You have to be kidding me, with a long sigh Travis marched his way over to the built in cupboard, while Connor headed towards the door, when a sudden thud made him stop.
"What was that" asked a generally concerned Connor "you okay?"
Surprised with his brothers concern for his safety, Travis stared at Connor strangely
"I'm fine; this thing fell out from the shelf" Travis picked up what looked like a musty bottle of wine "Wine? Dionysus must have left it behind, oh well" Travis was about to put the bottle back when Connor grabbed his wrist.
"Do you have any idea what this means?"
Travis furrowed his eyebrows, "um, no"
"This is a bottle of wine, not just any wine, the wine of Dionysus, the God himself," He said dramatically "do you have any idea how good this will taste?"
Travis examined the wine, "I suppose we could have a little sip"
"Dude… this means we have a party"
Travis chuckled so hard, it turned into a snort, "As if Chiron will allow it"
"We don't tell Chiron…."
"Bu-"
Just as Travis was about the protest, a conch horn blew signalling the end of breakfast and the start of activities, Connor took the bottle and smuggled it under his shirt.
"Connor, put it back or give it to Chiron, we're in enough trouble as it is"
"You need to calm down; everyone could use a little party,"
And with that Connor left the room, Travis had a bad feeling about this, what if Dionysus can sense that his wines been taken, What if he tells the other Gods, What if he tells Hermes. Travis couldn't stand having his dad angry with him….
….Who was he kidding; Travis would love for that to happen, then at least Travis would know he cared. Hermes forgot Travis even existed during the Titan War, He could never tell anyone how much it hurt when his own father asked who he was.
Hermes cares about all his Kids, He reassured himself; Travis gave the place one final sweep and then left, feeling miserable. He ran down the stairs and out the door too caught up in his own thoughts to acknowledge anyone that passed him by, he nearly jumped off the front porch when Chiron tapped his shoulder.
"All done up there?"
"Yeah, Chiron, not a smidge of dirt anywhere" he said with forced cheerfulness
"Dionysus; He, um, didn't leave anything behind did he?", Chiron observed Travis with wise eyes, like he knew what had just happened.
"No, not that we saw"
Chiron stared at him like that was the wrong answer, "That's good, I suppose"
"Okay, well I have to go"
Travis clicked his heels quickly, so Chiron wouldn't say anything else and did his best speed walk out of the driveway, on his way to the archery range. His mind was boggled up with too many things, he was worried that Chiron knew what was going on, annoyed at Connor and depressed about his dad.
That prank was definitely not worth it, he thought as he marched past the dining pavilion with a sudden loss of appetite.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o WILL SOLACE o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
"Nice one, Will" Connor sarcastically remarked at his pathetic attempt at archery, Wills arrow had landed in between the 3rd and 4th rings, which for him, wasn't too bad. But as Will observed the other targets in the field, his accomplishment fell short. As each one firmly held an arrow in their golden centres.
Will shook it off and raised his bow in alignment with the target. He could feel the eyes of his siblings burning into his back as he made another attempt, remembering to extend his bow arm and maintain even breathing. The arrow snapped from his bow at an uneven pace and found its way to the 2nd ring of the target, it hung loosely, like it was mocking him.
The counsellor of cabin seven, a leader to his brothers and sisters, a child of Apollo who couldn't shoot with a bow and arrow to save his life. He was a disgrace, a sham.
As the other archers went to collect their arrows, Will angrily tried again, his arrow flew for half a meter, then plummeted straight into the grass, meters away from his target.
A sham.
"Will, look...you'll get it eventually" Connors tone exuded sympathy, "you're a son of Apollo, the god of freaking archery. It's in your blood, you'll get it"
Will glowered at the target and his two measly arrows that were screwed in it, the words repeated in his head, sham.
Connor placed his hand on Wills shoulder, "Will?"
Will came to and looked at Connor, giving his all too classic crocked grin, "I'm fine" he said quickly, too quickly.
Connor squeezed his shoulder and collected his arrows for him, the walk of shame was the worst part. Connor knew that and Will was thankful.
"So, I heard what happened" he said as Connor returned with three arrows, he placed them down and turned to Will confused.
"What Happened?"
"You know, the salt and the Demeter cabin" Will said slowly
Connor flung his head back and clapped rapidly, his body trembled in silent laughter. An action which reminded Will of a seal.
"I knew you would be behind it"
"Travis was a great help"
"So, how did you get caught?" Will forcefully leaned against his bow, digging it in to the ground, past the dewed grass and through the soil. He was done with archery for the day.
"Katie, who else" Connor rolled his eyes, "Travis has a thing for her you know"
Will laughed, "I wouldn't have guessed by the way he just happens to be everywhere that Katie is, lurking around, gazing at her from afar"
Connor joined in, "That's why he did it, to get her attention"
"Hmm, yes, because nothing says romance like a contaminated flower patch"
Connor laughed and then quickly stopped when something fell forward from under his hoodie, He fearfully readjusted it.
"What was that?" Will interrogated
Connor acted as if something didn't just fall out of his shirt, "whats what?"
"Are we really going to do this?" Will asked slightly irritated, "and why are you wearing a hoodie, it's not even cold out"
Connor looked a Will for a few long seconds, "I didn't want to tell you out here" He said, with a slight tone of excitement.
Will nodded his head, encouraging him to go on.
"Okay, I'll tell you now! Because of that whole Demeter thing, Travis and I had to clean Dionysus old room"
Will snorted in amusement.
"I know, anyway while we were there, we found something interesting" Connor bit his lip and raised his eyebrows in enthusiasm.
Will waited. "Well? What did you find?"
Connor stood on his toes and scanned the area to see if anyone was looking in their direction, the field was full of Apollo, Hermes and an assortment of smaller cabins, all too far away and busy with their own conversation to pay attention to what Connor was about to reveal.
"Okay" from under his hoodie Connor discreetly pulled a bottle out from under his shirt, he revealed it slowly, like he was opening the velvet curtain at the start of a performance.
Will grew impatient and snatched the bottle to inspect himself.
"Seriously Will? I don't want people to see it"
Will looked around the only person close enough to see anything was Clovis and he was fast asleep in the grass.
"Should have told me that before I grabbed it" He teased giving it back.
"To answer your question" Connor replied, while trying to wipe Wills finger prints off the bottle. "Its wine"
Will smirked. "Impressive Stoll"
"Not just impressive, we found It in Dionysus room, in his closet, I mean, I think it's pretty clear that it's his own wine" Connor was basically jumping up and down not bothering to contain his excitement " how cool is that?"
"What are you going to do with it?" Will said hoping it would be a reasonable answer
"Easy, we're having a party!" Said a voice behind him, Will spun around to see Travis greeting him with a high five.
"Someone warmed up to the idea" Connor laughed, putting an arm around his brother.
"Hey, who can deny a good party?"
Will examined Travis, he looked off somehow, his lips were restricted into a straight line and his eyes were distant, droopy, nearly depressing.
"You want to have a party at camp and bring wine? That sounds perfectly reasonable, because, Chiron won't mind us drinking!" Will said, with a fake cheesy grin.
"Do you take us for idiots?" Travis tried to sound perky, "It's going to be a super-duper secret party, Chiron will never know"
"Where would you have this super- duper secret party?"
"Phfft, I've thought this through" Connor looked around to make sure no one was listening, how paranoid was this guy, "Cabin One"
Travis sighed, "Really, that's your idea"
"You want to use Zeus's cabin for party space" Will asked, making sure he heard Connor correctly.
"It's perfect" he explained, "it's huge and its sound proof"
"It's sound proof?" Travis repeated, "That's convenient"
"I think you're getting cabin one confused with mine, I'm pretty sure cabin seven is the only one that's sound proof" Will clarified
It wasn't the choice of his siblings, to sound proof their cabin. The Ares cabin forced Jake Mason to sound proof it. Apparently, their music was distracting them from working out. Which is ironic, coming from the cabin that blast Black Sabbath at six in the morning.
"I'll figure it out" Connor said feebly,
Will looked at Connor hesitantly "I don't think it's a good idea Connor, actually its idiotic"
"Well, no one asked what you think" Connor said defensively
Will didn't care, "Alcohol is dangerous at the hands of minors, do you have any idea what it does to your body? Do you have any idea what sort of decisions people make when their intoxicated?"
Will wondered if he was being too harsh, but this was a health issue and health was the one area he excelled in.
"Not to mention, this isn't just any wine, it's the wine of a god, made by a god for a god" Will was sure to emphasise the word for, "It wasn't meant for mortals"
Connor and Travis looked at Will half angrily and half disappointed, Travis turned to Connor, "I think Wills right, let's just give the wine to Chiron"
Connor kept his head down but looked willing, then suddenly his mood wavered, he snapped his head to Will. Something in Connors eyes looked unnatural and intruding.
"Like I said Solace, no one asked what you think and we don't need your permission" Connor spoke through gritted teeth.
Will was about to object when something crossed his mind, images, snippets from past events, the titan's war, the war against the giants. All played out in front of him like they were happening again. He saw his brothers, Lee getting hit with club across the head and Michael flung underneath a collapsing bridge. Then, He was on Olympus and watched his father as he walked straight passed him and right over to Percy Jackson, he felt the jealousy and betrayal rise in him again. Then the image changed, he was in the infirmary, looking over the endless rows of dead bodies, the campers he failed to help. He felt it all, the tugging in his gut, the disappointment, the stinging in his eyes. Once again he watched as his arrow failed to hit its target, he worked hard and didn't get anywhere. He deserved some fun.
Almost involuntarily Will spoke, "I'm sorry, maybe you're right, I think a party could do everyone some good"
Connor and Travis looked at him with wide eyed disbelief, "Do you mean it" Connor urged
Will thought about it for a second, he knew he didn't mean it, but it was like part of his mind was clouded, like he couldn't look past the good to get to the bad.
"Yes" he spoke softly, practically a whisper. "I mean it"
Connor and Travis grabbed Will in to a hug, "I knew you would come around Will" Connor laughed with glee, to their right Clovis hazily got up.
"Can you guys love each other somewhere else" he muttered before walking away
The boys ignored him, they kept close and in their circle, Connor nearly exploding with excitement, Travis trying to seem happy and Will looking like he was about to pass out.
"Alright boys, tonight is going to be a night you'll never forget!" Connor announced squeezing their arms.
This is going to be fun, you're going to have fun, Will reassured himself in a voice that wasn't his.
Okay so that was chapter one!
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